Sean Blanda | Owner of Gate Check Studios.

Sean Blanda About📧 Subscribe to my newsletter Hi, I'm Sean. You may know me from Gate Check Studios, which helps B2B tech and AI companies dominate their categories. There's more, of course. Writing Oct 5, 2026Writing Elsewhere: Anthology Partners The best AEO strategy is not an AEO strategy Apr 13, 2026Writing Elsewhere: Human Internet Input Brain vs Output Brain Feb 26, 2026Writing Elsewhere: Human Internet Maker vs Mover Work Feb 5, 2026Writing Elsewhere: Human Internet AEO and Horseless Carriages Nov 22, 2024Writing Elsewhere: Sabbatical How to De-Risk Your Sabbatical Oct 22, 2024Writing Elsewhere: Sabbatical The Collapse of Traditional Retirement is a Good Thing Jan 29, 2024 What's About to Happen (to Content, Journalism, and Comms) Feb 1, 2023 6 Mindset Shifts For Scaling a Content Team Jun 22, 2022 Washington Ave and the decay of American cities Sep 12, 2021 7 Lessons learned from scaling a content machine at Crossbeam in 18 months Feb 28, 2021 A half-baked idea: NFT for writers Feb 1, 2021 It’s time for localism in America. Jan 3, 2021 The Dark Matter Influencer Jul 6, 2020 Our remote work future is going to suck May 26, 2020 Your 30s are a time to go for it (or not) Dec 3, 2019 It's about the people, stupid: Lessons from 1 year of Pilcrow House Sep 12, 2019 What I wish I knew five years ago about building a career in "content" Jul 25, 2018 How to take a sabbatical Jun 17, 2018 My dead dad’s journal: How I finally met a man I knew for my entire life Mar 26, 2018 I work for the site with the funny name (A year in review) Sep 29, 2017 Why We Should Fight to Keep Our President Tweeting May 29, 2017 Traveling Under Trump Jan 15, 2017 Medium, and The Reason You Can’t Stand the News Anymore. Jul 14, 2016 The Tyranny of Facts: Being “Right” is Not Enough Jun 4, 2016 The Creative World’s Bullshit Industrial Complex Mar 15, 2016 A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the 99U Refresh Feb 15, 2016 The Most Defensible Thing You Can Do for Your Career: Build an Audience Jan 10, 2016 The Greatest Millennial Actor in the Universe is Justin Long Jan 7, 2016 The “Other Side” Is Not Dumb. Jul 19, 2015 The Era of The RFE Publication Jun 11, 2015 Bevel’s Tristan Walker: The Best Ideas Are Brewed out of Authenticity May 17, 2015 I Had Help. Feb 23, 2015 Molly Crabapple: The Best Path Is the One You Build Out of Your Own Dysfunction Oct 21, 2014 A Troublemaker’s Manifesto: The Benefits of Wandering Sep 24, 2014 The Narrative Fallacy: Why You Shouldn't Copy Steve Jobs Aug 14, 2014 Want a Long Career? Zig When Everyone Else Zags. Apr 17, 2014 Let’s Kill The Job Title Mar 16, 2014 Pretty Much Everything I Know About the News Business Jan 26, 2014 You Don’t Need To Learn To Code + Other Truths About the Future of Careers Oct 21, 2013 10 Tips for an Awesome Coffee Meeting Aug 12, 2013 AxisPhilly, The William Penn Foundation, and “Old Philadelphia” Apr 22, 2013 The Introversion Bubble Apr 3, 2013 On Impact, Startups, and Journalism Mar 18, 2013 The Universe Mar 2, 2013 The Jeff Bezos School of Long-Term Thinking Nov 27, 2011 The inevitable collision of journalism and everything else Aug 21, 2011 The Jack White school of business subscribe via RSS Sean Blanda Sean Blandasb@seanblanda.com Owner of Gate Check Studios.